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Original
Description |
Gray 1855 : 25 |
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Type
Locality |
"Mexico"; restricted by Smith and Taylor (1950a:343 and 1950b:30) to "Presidio de Mazatlan" [Sinaloa, Mexico]; restriction corrected to the "vicinity of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico" by Ernst (1978:125) |
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Holotype |
BMNH 1947.3.5.52 |
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Original name |
Emys pulcherrimus |
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Common
name |
Painted Wood Turtle |
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Distribution |
Southern Sonora, Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica on the Pacific versant; Atlantic versant in eastern Guatemala and eastern Honduras |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Ernst (1981b). |
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